The annual salary statistics of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage information of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $106,020 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $135,270 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $86,910 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $107,580 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | No Data |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 75th percentile (the top 25 percent of the highest paid) is $107,580. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $86,910. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $106,020.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers from 2012 to 2015. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 3-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $86,910 | -11.47% | -50.12% |
| 2013 | $96,880 | -34.67% | - |
| 2012 | $130,470 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $86,910, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue is the second highest paying city for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in state of Washington, following the highest paying city Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro (median annual salary of $123,810). Compared with Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, the median annual salary of airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue is 29.8 percent (29.8%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro | |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett |